A 37-year-old man has been arrested for arson after a family of four burned to death in Khayelitsha on Tuesday, Western Cape police said.
Spokesperson Constable Siphokazi Mawisa said the house at Hempe Street in Makhaza, Khayelitsha, burned down at midnight.
She said a 25-year-old woman had an argument with her boyfriend on Monday and the boyfriend threatened her. ”He was later seen with petrol and it is believed that he started the fire at the door.”
She said a woman aged 25, two girls aged eight and 12, and a 17-year-old boy died in the fire. Their names will be released later, once their next of kin have been informed, Mawisa said.
The man was arrested on Tuesday morning and is due to appear in the Khayelitsha Magistrate’s Court on Friday. — Sapa